Last Friday's inaugural Birdies & Asphalt with Surface Tech and PaveMasters brought the industry together for a day of golf and good company. Big thanks to our sponsors HexArmor, Majek Golf, and CEI for the support and prizes! Winning Foursome: Bryan Beckner, Lou Chessani, Craig Pico, Nate Beckner (JB Bostick)  Longest Drive: Cameron Richardson (CalCIMA) Closest to the Pin: Shani Sasson & Riccardo Azape  Longest Putt: (AMS Paving) See you next year!

Please welcome Mira Mimini to Surface Tech! Mira brings a career in finance and accounting across the building materials industry, including Martin Marietta and Heidelberg Materials, plus her CFE credential. Welcome aboard, Mira! #WelcomeToTheTeam #surfacetech

Surface Tech is proud to join Maccaferri. Maccaferri has acquired Surface Tech and Iterchimica, creating a new High-Performance Materials vertical, the first step in extending Maccaferri beyond its traditional product categories. The vertical combines three complementary technologies into one integrated offering: Surface Tech's ACE XP aramid fiber reinforcement Iterchimica's asphalt additives Maccaferri's geosynthetics and engineering solutions Together, they span every layer of the road, from subgrade to surface, and the full lifecycle, from construction to maintenance and regeneration. The result is pavement engineered as a complete system rather than supplied as individual products, with significantly lower maintencace interventions and CO₂ across the road's life. Thank you to our customers, producers, agency partners, distributors, and team members who made this milestone possible. Read the full announcement: hubs.li/Q04zm5jN0 #SurfaceTech #MaccaferriWorld #Iterchimica #ACEXP #AramidFiber #Sustainability #Infrastructure

"Fiber's great, but our jobs are too small." 153 tons says otherwise. Eagle Paving overlaid Venture Parkway in Redding in a single day — ½″ PG 64-16, 25% RAP, ACE XP™ 38mm. Accurate, on schedule, beautiful carpet. No minimums. No specialty equipment. Small jobs deserve long life too. #ACEXP #SmallJobs #PavingContractors #CaseStudyMonday #aramid #Best #aasphaltlife

ACE XP -the dry alternative to wet polymer asphalt modification — available 365. Wet polymers put your schedule in someone else's hands: terminal blending, compatibility checks, seasonal shortages. ACE XP is the dry alternative — added at your plant, on your schedule, available 365 days a year. #aramid #asphalt #ARCA #PavementEngineering #PavementDesign #HotMixAsphalt #MaterialsEngineering #infrastructure #astm #BMD #ACEXP

Communities rebuilding after wildfire can't afford pavement that fails early. Arrowhead Road in Clearlake was built to that standard: 1,200 tons of ACE XP™ reinforced HMA from Teichert Woodland, placed by Lamon Construction in one day — with documented mixing protocol and same-day samples to BATT Labs for independent verification. Infrastructure that lasts is part of how communities recover. Full case study — link in comments. #CaseStudyMonday #ACEXP #QualityAssurance #California #ARCA #Best #asphalt

Zero fiber in your baghouse. Know what's in your mix. #ARCA #astm #Best #ACEXP #noflyaway #asphalt

10 years of ACE XP™ in airfield pavements—and our latest airport project raised the bar again. The YVR North Runway modernization required precision at every stage: • 150,000 tonnes reinforced ACE XP aramid fiber asphalt • Eight-hour overnight construction windows • More than 100 crew members • Multiple paving units operating under tight deadlines • On-site technical support and dosing verification • Calibrated equipment and daily production report documentation Surface Tech worked alongside YVR, Kiewit, Amrize and Associated Engineering to help deliver a runway engineered for durability, crack resistance and reduced maintenance. Meet the Surface Tech airport team at SWIFT 2026 and get the complete YVR North Runway case study. Edmonton September 14–17, 2026 Booth B10 #SWIFT2026 #AirportInfrastructure #AirfieldPavements #ACEXP #SurfaceTech #aramid #ARCA #asphalt

Ontario winters don't negotiate with asphalt. Deep frost, freeze-thaw cycling, spring load restrictions — County Road 27 carries trucks through all of it. GIP Paving's answer: 1,900 tonnes of ACE XP™ reinforced asphalt, produced at their own Barrie plant and placed by their own crews. Plant to mat, seamless. Full case study — link in comments. #CaseStudyMonday #ACEXP #Ontario #CountyRoads #FreezeThaw #aramid #Best #aasphaltlife

ACE XP Pure aramid reinforcement with daily production reports. Precision-dosed aramid. Verified every 10 seconds. If you're adding fiber to your mix, you should be able to prove it went in — every ton, every run. ACE XP: 2.1 oz/ton of pure aramid, verified every 10 seconds, with 4,200 tons of asphalt reinforced per pallet. #aramid #asphalt #ARCA #noflyaway #ACEXP #Best #astm #infrastructure

Know what's in your mix. The ASTM standard is clear: 2.1 oz of pure aramid per ton of HMA — not a pound of blended plastic. ACE XP™ delivers it with precision dosing: a live reading every 10 seconds, never below the standard, and a daily production report that puts every ton and every dose on paper. One pallet treats over 4,200 tons of asphalt. Independent testing shows up to 55% less fracture propagation. And with 38 mm fibre outperforming 19 mm at equal dosing — length matters. Specify ACE XP™ Aramid Fiber, open specification, today. And follow the ASTM standard. #aramid #InfrastructureEngineering #asphalt #ARCA #PavementEngineering #noflyaway #CivilEngineering #ACEXP #Best #astm

8:00 PM to 6:00 AM. One shot to get it right. Freeway merges concentrate braking, acceleration, and shear into the same wheel paths. So the pilot at the HWY 4 / HWY 160 merger went down reinforced: 460 tons of ACE XP™ Superpave (15% RAP) from Teichert Vernalis, placed by Bay Cities in one overnight closure. Pilots are how specs change. Watch this space. Full case study — link in comments. #CaseStudyMonday #ACEXP #NightPaving #BayArea #aasphaltlife #Best #ARCA

Jimmy Coppa has been promoted to Sales Director, Texas and Oklahoma! Jimmy didn't wait for the spec to open up — he opened it. He's driven ACE XP specification adoption across commercial and public works, and his work sits behind the ASTM standard for aramid-reinforced asphalt. Be sure to stop by Booth 854 at PWX Expo Houston next week and meet him in person. Texas and Oklahoma are two of the biggest paving markets in the country. Jimmy owns them. Congratulations, Jimmy! #SurfaceTech #ACEXP #Asphalt #Paving #Texas #Oklahoma #Best #ASTM

Stop bidding the same job as everyone else. ACE XP commercial paving specification program — get aramid reinforced  pavement specified on the private and commercial jobs you bid. #asphalt #aramid #ACEXP #LifeCycleAssessment #Best #ConstructionMaterials #astm

Meet the Surface Tech team at PWX 2026 and learn how to build an open aramid-fiber specification around performance, verification and taxpayer accountability. Bring us your current cost per lane mile. We’ll show you the lifecycle difference. WRITE THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD. KEEP THE SPECIFICATION OPEN. Public agencies should be able to specify aramid fiber for HMA without locking taxpayers into a proprietary product. ASTM D8395-23 establishes a clear standard: • 2.1 oz of aramid fiber per ton of asphalt not 1lb • Precision-metered dosing tied to plant production • Daily Production Reports documenting every project • Verification of what actually entered the mix If your fiber supplier cannot document the dosage, how do you know what taxpayers paid for? KNOW WHAT’S IN YOUR MIX. Accountability does not stop at production. Longer-lasting pavement means fewer maintenance cycles, fewer lane closures and fewer work zones. Fewer work zones mean less worker exposure on active roadways. Public works agencies can: • Protect taxpayer dollars • Reduce lifecycle cost per lane mile • Stretch maintenance programs further • Serve more roads with the same budget • Help keep crews off the road August 30–September 2, 2026 George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas #PWX2026 #APWA #PublicWorks #OpenSpecification #TaxpayerAccountability #WorkerSafety #PavementManagement #HMA #AramidFiber #ASTMD8395 #SurfaceTech #ACEXP #asphalt #ARCA #Best

The strongest endorsement in paving isn't a quote. It's a repeat order. Every year, Advanced Asphalt returns to Martis Camp near Truckee — and every year the spec is ACE XP™ fiber-reinforced asphalt from Teichert Truckee. Roads at 6,000+ feet: deep snowpack, aggressive plowing, brutal freeze-thaw. The fiber sections keep outlasting everything else. Full case study — link in comments #CaseStudyMonday #ACEXP #Tahoe #FreezeThaw #MountainRoads #aramid #aasphaltlife #Best

Leadership in motion at Surface Tech! Please join us in congratulating Mike McLeish on his promotion to Vice President of Business Development and celebrating Nic Hughart’s continued leadership as Vice President of Sales. Mike and Nic exemplify the dedication, experience, and commitment that continue to move Surface Tech and the ARCA industry forward. We’re proud to recognize their continued success—and proud to have them representing the #BEST. Congratulations, Mike and Nic! #SurfaceTech #ARCA #Leadership #BusinessDevelopment #SalesLeadership #AsphaltInnovation #TeamSurfaceTech #ACEXP

The cheapest pavement is the one you never fix. Longer life. Fewer callbacks. A pavement failure two years after turnover is your phone call, your warranty conversation, and your reputation. ACE XP-reinforced mixes extend service life 20–30% — fewer callbacks, fewer escalations. Best in class for your customers and owners. #aramid #asphalt #ARCA #PavementEngineering #ACEXP #LifeCycleAssessment #Best

3,300 tons. 2 days. Zero process changes. Spokane's Market Street got a rehabilitation built for heavy traffic and hard winters: ½″ PG 64H-28 100-gyro Superpave from Inland Asphalt + ACE XP™ 38mm fiber, placed with a full material-transfer paving train. Here's what people miss about fiber: it keeps up. Full production speed, no slowdowns. Full case study — link in comments. #CaseStudyMonday #ACEXP #Spokane #RoadConstruction #aramid #aasphaltlife